The design, fabrication and erection of structural steel for buildings and structures will be in accordance with either the AISC Load and Resistance Factor Design (AISC-LRFD) or AISC …

The early part of the book covers the history, technology and structural philosophy of numerous buildings and building types and has a very comprehensive review of structural systems with …

This Structural Design Cheatsheet covers the engineering formulas and equations I use regularly as a structural engineer. It’s a “short” summary of many of the blog posts we published on …

tools used in structural analysis. The development of FEA is one of the most remarkab e successes in structural analysis. The governing differential equation of the structural problem …

Communicate the structure design to the building authority to review.

It is in the design of these more complex systems that a structural engineer must draw upon creativity -- this will be part design and part art -- in the application of mechanics principles.

Structural Analysis is concerned with the determination of : deformation (external deflections and internal strains), and forces (reactions at supports and internal stresses) that a structure …